Improvement in ootton-soeapers



@geiten gister datent @Hirev Learn Para No. 77,292, dated Apre 28, 1ste.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SGRAPEBS.

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YO ALL WHOM 1T MAY GONGERN:

Be it known that I, I. J. KIDD, of Youngs Settlement, in the county of Bastrop, and in the State of Texas,,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Scrapers; and do hereby declare that-the follow 'mg is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon. y v

VIn the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, A represents a horizontal shaft, upon the ends of which are rigidly secured wheels, B B, which serve4 as drive as well as carriage-wheels. On the inner 'acc or sidc of lboth wheels is secured a series of cams, C C, arranged so that t-he projections on one wheel are exactly opposite the depressions on the other, thereby making the facoslthereot equidistant apart at all-points. These cams, C C, may be at any angle desired, and any required number may bc used, according to the diameter of the wheels B B, and the distance o r amount of play required of the ploughs or Scrapers. A

D represents a suitable frame, adjustedgandA secured on the axle or shaft A, as shown in the drawings.

Projecting downward from the sides ofthe framed) are suitable posts, E E, provided with groo'vesQin which are adjusted, in any convenient manner, pulleys F F.

II H represent horizontal bars, which extend across between the faces of lthe cams C C, and are adjusted in the grooves ofthe posts E E, above the pulleys F F, and rest on -said pulleys. The bars II H are each provided with friction-rollers, K K, inthe endsthereof, which rest against and just iit between tlie'ca-ms C C. Said bars are secured, in'a substantial manner, to a beam, L, which connects them together,and works laterally with and by them. The beamvL has two ploughs or Scrapers, P P, ot' anydcsircni or suitable construction, adjusted in it.

By attaching a -horse or other power to the frame D,Ai`n any convenient manner, the'whcels B B, with their cams C C, revolve, and give a lateral and forward motion to the bars lI 1L beam L, and the ploughs I P; and v I' as they work backward and forward, the ploughs each describe a zigzag line, which cross and leave a hill in diamond-shape undisturbed. 3 `l This device is admirably adapted to and is designed for cultivating or working and marking or scraping young cotton-plants, which come up in a continuons row into' hills. i

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The cams C C, in combination with thcltorizo'ntal bars H H, beam L, and ploughs or Scrapers l? B, lien constructed, arranged, and usedl substantially Vas and for the purpose s peciiied. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoingl have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 11th day of Decenibcr, 1867. I. J.' KIDD. v [1.. Witnesses:

Sn'rn W. Blocs, JoIIN- It.' Coon. 

